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HOWEVER. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF COTTON YARN AND THREAD; MAN-MADE FIBRES: RAW COTTON: WOVEN COTTON FABRICS: LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK AS WELL AS YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY EIGHT PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS
IN MARCH 1985.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL THE COMMODITIES INCREASED OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE MORE NOTABLE ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES, TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH ́AND FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS SHOWN IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL THE END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN MARCH 1985 WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1984, RANGING FROM FOUR PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 95 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS REMAINED THE SAME AS IN MARCH 1984.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE MARCH 1985 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON JUNE 10 AT HK$2 PER COPY.
TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP
COMMODITY GROUP
CLOTHING
TEXTILE FABRICS
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES
RADIOS OF ALL KINDS
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
COMPARING MARCH 1985 WITH MARCH 1984
EXPORT VALUE
EXPORT UNIT VALUE
EXPORT VOLUME
32%
+10%
-
38%
29%
INSIGNIFICANT
-
29%
-
42%
+ 8%
-
47%
- 28%
+13%
36%
39%
+ 1%
39%
-
15%
-
4%
12%
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